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Britain and Egypt agreement
On January 19, 1899 Britain and Egypt signed a condominium agreement under which the Sudan was to be administered jointly. In the twelve ensuing years, the Sudan's revenue had increased seventeen fold, its expenditure tripled, and its budget reached a balanced state which was to be maintained until 1960 -
street assination
sudan historyMounting Egyptian nationalism in the period after World War I culminated in 1924 in the assassination in the streets of Cairo of Sir Lee Stack, Governor - General of the Sudan; British reaction resulted in the expulsion of all Egyptian officials from the Sudan. -
TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH
In 1966, Sadik al-Mahdi, the 30 year old president of the Umma party, took over as Prime Minister. Internally the security situation in the southern Sudan continued to cause anxiety; successive Prime Ministers visited the South in April and October but neither threats nor blandishments succeeded in curbing the rebels. -
peace of the first civil war
The war ended officially in March 1972, when Colonel Numeiry signed a peace pact with Major-General Lagu, the Leader of the Anya-Nya rebels in the south -
oil findings
Large findings of oil are made in Bentiu, southern Sudan. The oil becomes an important factor in the strife between North and South -
2nd civil war in sudan
there was the sharia law that had not benafit south sudan in any way. oil was stolin from south to north. making it impossible to have a good econmy for the south. -
no eduction
Schools in Khartoum were closed on Aug.28 1983 following student protests concerning social conditions in the capital, which had suffered a series of power cuts throughout August. -
intro to the 2nd civil war
Numieri introduces the Islamic Sharia law to Sudan leading to a new breakout of the civil war in the Christian south. In the south the forces are led by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) under command by John Garang. -
doctor strike
A strike by doctors began on March 1, 1984, in protest over low pay and the deteriorating situation in the health service. All 2,000 of the country's doctors tendered their resignation on March 8 to be effective from March24. The government rejected the resignations, however, and declared the doctors' union to be illegal. The union was subsequently reinstated. -
Nimeiri was overthrown
this was effect caused by the shari'a laws excictiuos which made the people angry and want to rise upand take power. -
bombed sudan
USA launches a missile attack on a chemical plant in Khartoum assumed to develop chemical weapons possibly in coorporation with the Al'Qaeeda terror network. Civilians are killed in the attack. The Sudanese government denies any link to terror and chemical weapons. -
meeting of the leaders
President al-Bashir meets for the first time with SPLA leader John Garang. Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has arranged the meeting. The war in Sudan is also having huge impact on the northen Uganda. -
strikes on Darfur
Government army strikes down on uprising in Darfur region in the Western Sudan. More than 100,000 people seeks refuge in Chad. -
U.N.'s peace keeping
United Nations Security Council agrees to send 10,000 peace keeping soldiers to Southern Sudan. Again the descision does not cover the Darfur region. -
south sudan greif
the people of south sudan are facing the effects of poverty, famine, and violence and it is getting worse because of their econmy and the war is getting worse. -
oil problem in sudan
most of the oil in sudan is from the south but the north takes the oil to their docks and ships it and becuse of that the south does not have a very good econimy. the south does not have any way to get to the sea so they have to give it to the north.
